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1948 HITS ARCHIVE: Hair Of Gold, Eyes Of Blue - Jerry Murad’s Harmonicats (with vocal group)


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Hair Of Gold (Sunny Skylar) by Jerry Murad’s Harmonicats, with vocal ensemble

It was on the small Chicago labels Universal and Vitacoustic that Jerry Murad’s trio first gained fame (“Peg O’ My Heart” 1947); and their (uncharacteristically) vocal release of this Sunny Skylar tune from the western film “Singin’ Spurs” was a #15 jukebox hit, trailing the top-ten Gordon MacRae version.

This was a “recording ban” release, but unlike the 1942-44 recording strike by the American Federation Of Musicians, during which no musical instruments (other than the human voice) were to be utilized to accompany vocal recordings, the 1948 recording ban did loosen things up a bit by allowing in the studio such “unsophisticated” tools as ukuleles and harmonicas.

THE 1948 HITS ARCHIVE - here in one place, a good-quality library of original-release-version best-sellers and songs that made an impact that were either released or enjoyed a major chunk of their popularity within the calendar year 1948 (some were recorded in 1947).


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